Mademoiselle C Hits Hearst Tower

Last night, Hearst hosted a preview of Mademoiselle C, the new movie documenting the birth of the inaugural issue of Carine Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book. Mlle. Roitfeld, in the midst of New York Fashion Week mayhem, and the director, Fabian Constant, stopped by the event pre-screening for a brief Q & A before jetting off for shows. Roitfeld, dressed very chicly—is she ever not?—in a black pencil skirt, bell-sleeved white top and killer heels, spoke about what it's like to see herself on the big screen. "Horrifying," she said, laughing. She wanted to criticize everything about herself, but in the end thinks the film is very informative for people who love fashion. "Though fashion is a tough world...we're not working in a hospital, it should be fun." Additionally, Roitfeld thinks people not working in fashion tend to only see the easy caricature. "People in fashion don't really have big egos, but are in fact very hard workers," she said. Mostly, she hopes "people will leave [the film] with a smile on their face."

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The documentary itself is a glossy look at life behind the scenes for one of fashion's elite. It details the relentless pace maintained by Roitfeld as well as her all-consuming love for fashion. She eats, sleeps, and breathes it, a necessary attribute for success in this industry. Memorable moments from the film include Roitfeld visiting the studio of Joseph Altuzarra, who has numerous pictures of her pinned to his inspiration board. On the day of her visit, she is wearing the exact outfit that is pinned to his board. Proof, she says, "that I wear the same thing twice." Another great moment features Karl Lagerfeld pushing the stroller of Roitfeld's newborn granddaughter, Romy-Nicole, on the set of a CR Fashion Book shoot. In fact, the film shows Lagerfeld more than once with children, whom he seems to like quite a bit. He, according to Roitfeld, "says a lot of shocking things but at the end of the day he's quite a nice person." In addition to Mr. Lagerfeld, expect cameos from Tom Ford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vanessa Paradis, Kanye West and Donatella Versace.

Other interesting Roitfeld tidbits? She won't marry her "husband" because she's "Russian and superstitious and all of our friends are divorced but we are still together." She also loves practicing ballet. "It is so elegant and you have to make it look easy but in reality it is hard. It is very, very, very hard." All in all, Roitfeld comes across—both in the film and in person—as very down-to-earth. She recognizes her place in the world as someone who reigns at the forefront of fashion, but whose family is most important to her. She knows who she is and wants to create a magazine with images that the reader wants to live in, not a shopping guide. For the fashion-obsessed, the documentary is definitely worth seeing, even if just to witness Karl Lagerfeld pushing a baby stroller.